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subjunctive.

Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

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Meaning & usage

adj/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
  1. Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join, yoke”). See join.

noun/səbˈd͡ʒʌŋktɪv/
  1. Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · uncountable
  2. A form in the subjunctive mood.

    countable
Where this word comes from

From Latin subiunctīvus (“serving to join, connecting, in grammar applies to the subjunctive mode”), from subiungō (“to add, join, subjoin”), from sub- (“under”) + iungō (“to join, yoke”). See join.

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